It may concern



G. M. MORRIS.

Car-Axle Box.

No. 60,925. Patented Jan. 1,1867.

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GEORGE M. Messrs, or GOHOES, NEW YORK. Letters Patent No. '6 Q,-925, dated January 1, 1867.

IMPROVED LUBRIGATING DEV-10E;

TO ALL WHOM- IT MAY CONCERN: I

Be it known that I, GEORGEM. MORRIS, of Cohoes, in the county of Albany, and State of New York,'have invented a new and improved Self-Lubricating Attachment for journals of machinery; and Idohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichi I I Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of ajournal box with the lubricating device attached.

Figure'fl is a horizontal longitudinal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in self-lubricating and o'iling'apparatus for journals of machinery, and consists in attaching an oil cup tothe'journal box, in connection with a revolving disk, borne up against the under side of the journal by a light spring, and revolving with it by frictioh, which disk is placed in slots madein the journal box and the hanger, and conveys the oil from the cup beneath the journal as it revolves, while it is so arranged, also, that any excess of oil flows back into the oil cup from the journal box. Thus the journal is kept constantly lubricated, so that heating is prevented, and there is no waste of oil.

A represents a hanger, on whichis hung the journal 13 in the box 0, constructed in the usual way. The bottom'of the journal box 0, and of the hanger A, are both slotted transversely and correspondently, for the admission of a smooth-edged disk, M, made of metal or other suitable substance, which disk is suspended upon the end of a light curvedspring, b, to which it-is pin-jointed, so 'as to turn freely. The disk M sets vertically deep in an oil cup, I), which is fastened on the under side of thejonrnal box 0, so that when the cup is charged with oil, the disk M will be partly submerged therein, While the upper edge will touch the journal 0, and rest against it very lightly by the action of the spring b at a point a little outside of. a perpendicularline drawn through the centre of the journal, as shown at fig. 1. The disk M has one or inore holes, a a, made through it, which serves tolift the oil as it revolves, and keep the journal constantly lubricated, the operation of which is obvious. Between the babitt metal, or packing, and the bottom of the box, I make, a narrow groove or channel,

a 0, running longitudinally, through which any oil that may flow from the ends ofthe boxes is conveyed back to the oil cup D, so that there is neither dripping nor waste of oil. I

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters :Patent, is

I claim the within-described lubricating device, consisting of the slotted hanger A, slotted journal box C, disk M, spring 6, oil cup D, and groove or channel a c, all combined and operating as and foi the purpose set forth. 1

GEORGE M. MORRIS.

Witnesses: I

. COURTLAND ADAMS,

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